Preston-based Lubaina Himid, who won the Turner Prize in 2017, will stage an exhibition inspired by the colourful east African kanga fabric at the Baltic gallery.

The same gallery will host works by Ryan Gander, who will create sculptures inspired by northern inventions, from Joseph Swan’s incandescent light bulb to George Stephenson’s Geordie safety lamp.

BBC 6 Music DJ Lauren Laverne will curate a series of concerts featuring northern musicians at the nearby Sage Gateshead.

Details of the 80-day arts and cultural festival were announced on Tuesday.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport also released a video, which includes some of the best known faces from the north east. Alan Shearer called it “a great year for the North of England”.